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• The Gifts We Give Best (come from the heart) by jimjamthefool

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Gift (2000)  

  • Not Rated
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M, Multi
  • Work in Progress

  17 Aug 2024

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
  • Robin Buckley/Chrissy Cunningham
  • Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson
  • Claudia Henderson/Wayne Munson
  • Steve Harrington & Eddie Munson & Wayne Munson
  • Steve Harrington & The Party
  • Steve Harrington & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
  • Steve Harrington
  • Steve Harrington's Parents
  • Steve Harrington's Grandmother
  • Eddie Munson
  • Eddie Munson's Parents
  • Wayne Munson
  • Claudia Henderson
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Robin Buckley
  • Chrissy Cunningham
  • Jason Carver
  • The Party (Stranger Things)
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Billy Hargrove
  • Joyce Byers
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Argyle (Stranger Things)
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • The Gift (2000) AU
  • violence is later but there are some mentions in all chapters
  • Inspired by Old Gods of Appalachia (Podcast)
  • the green and the inner dark
  • Urban Fantasy/ Modern Magic
  • but like... nebulously in the 70s or 80s
  • also either in Indianna or I've transplanted them all to Appalachia
  • Don't Ask
  • Steve is Dustin's brother
  • Steve Harrington Needs a Hug
  • Mutual Pining
  • premonitions and fortune telling
  • go watch The Gift seriously
  • Wayne is too tired for all this bullshit tbh
  • secret lesbians who plot shenanigans
  • Steve Harrington is Dustin Henderson's Parent
  • Kinda
  • in the not-blood-family but you've been around long enough you might as well be way
  • author is not from Appalachia but IS from a mining town
  • Gun Violence
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence
  • Drowning
  • steve shell is partially to blame for Wayne's speech patterns
  • Appalachian Eddie Munson
  • Appalachian Wayne Munson

  Summary

  Steve's been caring for his little brother Dustin for nearly seven years, doing odd jobs for folks and running Claudia's old business as the town's root-worker. Making salves for aches for the older holler residents, helping birth the children of those who couldn't afford the fancy new hospital a county over. Doing a reading of the cards.
  He's treated well enough, though the folks farther into the heart of the town mutter about witches and some don't let their kids play with Dustin.
  His saving grace is Robin, his best friend who keeps him entertained with the latest gossip from town, and Wayne Munson, a neighbor with a troubled nephew who helps out when he can.

  Steve was getting by just fine, until the night Chrissy Cunningham went missing.

  Now, threatened by Chrissy's violent fiancé; trying to guide his own wayward friends- all while keeping Dustin fed and safe, Steve has to rely on a Gift that could be turned against him, or get him killed. His only lead is Eddie.
  ---
  AU based on the 2000 movie The Gift, because I always thought Buddy deserved a happy ending and Annie needed more support. I've been listening to OGOA a LOT, too.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  5,381

  Chapters:

  2/23

  Comments:

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  Kudos:

  23

  Bookmarks:

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